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Trachyceras dichotomum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites dichotomus was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Paratrachyceras dichotomum by Arthaber (1915); it was recombined as Trachyceras dichotomum by von Mojsisovics (1882) and Mietto and Manfrin (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ceratites dichotomus Münster p. 132 figs. Pl 14, fig 18
1882Trachyceras dichotomum von Mojsisovics
1915Paratrachyceras dichotomum Arthaber
2008Trachyceras dichotomum Mietto and Manfrin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilyTrachyceratinaeHaug 1894
genusTrachycerasLaube 1869
speciesdichotomum()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Trachyceras dichotomum Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Ceratites dichotomus (137429) Trachyceras dichotomum (50873 142066)